<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item link="https://www.aamu.edu/about/inside-aamu/news/inaugural-phd-scholar-shares-trauma-informed-education-research-in-nairobi.html" display="true" type="news-list"><title>Pickens Presents Research on Global Stage in Kenya</title><summary>As social workers, educators and researchers from around the world gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, for the 2026 Joint Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development, Alabama A&amp;M University doctoral student Keisha Pickens represented both her research and the growing global reach of the University's Ph.D. in Social Work program.</summary><date>2026-07-20T12:00:00-08:00</date><imageAltText>Keisha Pickens</imageAltText><image>/_images/pickensheadfinal2.jpg</image><name>Inaugural Ph.D. Scholar Shares Trauma-Informed Education Research in Nairobi</name><first>Inaugural</first><last>Ph.D. Scholar Shares Trauma-Informed Education Research in Nairobi</last><url>https://www.aamu.edu/about/inside-aamu/news/inaugural-phd-scholar-shares-trauma-informed-education-research-in-nairobi.html</url><tags/></item>